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The Big
Pioneer
VOL. 51, NO. 12
BIG TIMBER, SWEET GRASS COUNTY, MONTANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1941
$2.00 PER YEAR 5c COPY
REPORT OF ACCOUNTANT REVEALS
MONTANA FINANCES IN GOOD SHAPE
Helena Independent - Record: i gasoline tax could amply care for
Montana's total bonded indebted-1 the issue bv maturity,
ness of slightly more than $8,000,-, Second largest obligation is the
000 is causing little worry to either, $2,207,000 total of revenue bonds,
taxpayers or state officials because \ incurred in building dormitories
a good part of it would be paid off I and other structures at units of
tomorrow if the bondholders would I the state university system, some
take the money. i on grants from the federal govern-
William Hosking, state account-, {pent. Issued at varying dates and
ant, said today that sinking funds > bearing 3V2 to 4 per cent interest,
'are literally bursting with money" I income from operation of the build-
but that bondholders would rather i m«s will pay the bondholders by
keep their bonds than be forced to maturity date,
buy other securities of lesser de-
sirabiitty. • Huge Postwar Tax
Jan. 1, 1944. the state will have | T ~*_ _,
completed transfer of $2,401,000 in i Load t Oreseen
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1—A postwar tax load of $23,000,000,000 to
OPA Releases Spare Stamp No. 2 For
The Purchase of Fresh Pork Products
refunded debt incurred in 1933 tc
refund state warrants. The origi-'
nal 4 per cent bearing issue was: s2g 00£ nM ££ annuallv was fore-
wfnnriori ioc» mnnth ivhon fh> Har. s^o.uuo.uuu.uw annually was lore-
refunded last month when the Har
ris Trust and Savings company of
Chicago took over the entire remaining bonds at 1.05 per cent, effecting a good saving for the state.
The subject of much discussion,
S32.224.75 still is outstanding of a
5632,224.75 capitol building bond issue floated in 1939 at 3-4 per cent.
The state has the money in sinking fund to pay off these bonds,
but the owners of the non-federal -
taxable issues refuse to give them
up. If they could be retired, the
state capitol would be entirely paid
seen today by Rep. Knutson (R-
Minn.K Current federal income is
over $40,000,000,000 a year.
Knutson estimated fixed charges
of government in the postwar oe-
riod may easily reach $17,000,000,-
000 a year as follows:
Interest on $300,000,000,000 national debt (at 2 per cent>—$6,000,-
000.000. Civil expenditures—$4,000,-
000.000. Army and navy costs
'rough estimate) — $4,000,000,000.
Veterans relief 'World war I and
IT)—$3,000,000,000.
"On top of this." he said in a
for—the first time since it was statement, "it may' be necessary to
started in 1899
Of a $500,000 state hospital build-
ins bond issue floated in 1941 at
2-3 per cent with consent of voting
taxpayers. $250,000 remains to be
paid. Sufficient money will be
available next June to retire the
bonds, but half of the bonds will
not be callable until July. 1 1945.
and there is little chance that the
"holders will sell before that time.
Largest single issue outstanding is
$3,000,000 in highway bonds, issued
in 1939 and due in 1949, with interest rates at 1 3-4 to 1.9 per cent
and callable on Julv 1. 1945. There
now is $839,000 in the sinking fund
for these bonds, and the five-cent
President Asks Peoples'
Co-operation in War
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1.—President Roosevelt asked in a New
Year's day statement today that
the people pledge co-operation to
continue the United Nation's determination to carry on to final
victory in the war.
He asked further their co-operation behind an international organization "of all peace-loving nations to maintain peace ana security in generations to come."
"Our armed forces." he said, "are
gathering for new and greater assaults which will bring about the
appropriate several billions for unemployment and agricultural relief,
rehabilitation loans (domestic and
foreign), and other relief measures.
Thus the immediate postwar cast
of government may be around $25,-
000.000,000, perhaps tapering off to
around $20,000,000,000 as normal
conditions are restored."
Esquire Magazine
Barred From Mails
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30—Esquire
magazine, whose Varga girl drawings and other material offended
the post office department's sense
of modesty, was ordered deprived
of its second-class mailing privileges Thursday night.
Without ruling directly on the
Question whether the magazine is
obscene. Postmaster General Frank
C. Walker ordered the mailing privileges revoked effective February
23.
Tn Chicago, David Smart, publisher of Esquire, said the ruling
"leaves me speechless."
"The nostmaster general has
pone against his owit board's decision." he said, "and that is mi-
believable. We'll take it immediately to federal court."
Smart said the ruling would not
interrupt the mailing of the magazine, as the order is not effective
for 60 days "and in the meantime
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1—The office of price administration announced another pork bonus Saturday, validating spare stamp 2 in
ration book 4 for the purchase of
five points' worth of fresh pork and
all sausage from Sunday, January
2, through Saturday, January 15.
The new special stamp will not
be good for buying smoked or cured
pork, such as smoked ham and
bacon.
Spare stamp 1, which has been
good for five points for the retail
purchase of both fresh and cured
pork since December 21, was to expire at 12:01 a. m. Sunday.
OPA said validation of a new
stamp was necessary in view of
the continued movement of hogs
to market in exceptionally large
numbers.
The agency estimated that more
than 300,000,000 special pork points
were used for the purchase of about
100.000,000 pounds of pork through
use of stamp No. 1.
OPA officials declared that complete removal of pork from rationing, urged by a number of sources,
would quickly make pork scarce in
the coastal areas far from the centers of pork production.
Exclusion of smoked and cured
pork from the supplemental pork
ration is necessary, the agency said,
because of difficulty in getting sufficient supplies of these items for
armed forces and lend-lease.
The new stamp is valid for any
type of sausages, except that canned or in glass, regardless of the
pork content. Spare stamp No. 1
was good only for 100 per cent pork
sausage.
GREATEST OF ALL ALLIED ATTACKS
BLASTS KIEL; BIG PUSH IS BEGUN
LONDON. Jar. 5 — American
heavy bombers—plowing through a
strong defense which included
rocket planes and ME-UOs towing
what appeared to be a new type
antiaircraft bombs—struck the Kiel
shipyards Wednesday for the third
time in three weeks and ranged
across a record 800-mile front to
blast airfields at Bordeaux and
Tours in France and other targets in western Germany.
It was officially announced that
95 enemy aircraft were destroyed
during the day, 62 by Fortress and
Liberator gunners and 33 by fighters, while 25 bombers and 12 of the
supporting fighters failed to return.
Judge B. E. Berg Held First Court Session
|For 1944 Here Yesterday; Much Is Done
Judge B. E. Berg heard the following matters at the regular session of district court yesterday.
Estate of Lena Becken, deceased,
Order determining inheritance tax
of $492.40. less 5 per cent discount
if paid within 18 months from date
of death, signed.
T. M. Grosfield estate: Final account approved and decree of distribution signed. His will bequeathed $100 each to Clara Grosfield and
Lottie Fotland, daughters, the remainder, consisting of real estate
and personal property, to be divided equally between his two sons,
Miles and Miller.
Ivar Hoiland estate: No inheritance tax due. Distribution ordered,
one-third to the widow, one-twelfth
each to eight children. Estate value
a little more than $10,000.
Estate and guardianship of Oscar
Elvin Schuyler, incompetent. Annual report and account examined
and approved.
Estate Wesley P. Franklin, deceased. Hearings on petition for order of sale of real estate and pe
tition for authority to lease, continued to Feb. 2.
Petition for termination of life
estate of Laura Ellis, deceased, continued to Feb. 2.
Estate Mabel B. McConnell. deceased. Final account approved, decree of distribution signed. Inheritance tax $2.05. Deceased's share in
George W. Baker property in Sweet
Grass county to Irma Aufden-
SDring, a daughter, in San Diego,
Calif.
Sarah E. Herman estate. Final
account approved, decree of distribution signed.
H. Utermohle vs. Northern Pacific. Demurrer overruled, 20 days
to answer.
Chris H. Buitenhoff vs. O. A. Sippel. Defendant's demurrer overruled, defendant given 20 days to answer.
Richard A. Rice, through Attorney Chas. W. Campbell, petitioned
the court for authority to sell property belonging to Mary Rice Jenkins, an incompetent. This involves
the old Fell ranch west of town.
downfall of the Axis aggressors."
The president added that the it will be adjudicated in court."
United Nations also are giving at-
tention to the postwar period to r-_llir,i_ /-v-._1-.„a_,„_, \?nn~
combat "disease, malnutrition, un- I TUCK UperatOrS r ace
employment, and many other forms CpPimia Tirp Shnrtncrp
of economic and social distress. ^EL1™* 7 , ° . «5 ? .,
"To make all of us secure against HELENA, Jan. 1.—Although the
future aggression and to open the general rationing situation in Mon-
wav for enhanced well-being of na-1 tana was reported bright during
tiohs and individuals everywhere,! 1943, truck operators face a serious
we must maintain In the peace to tire shortage during the coming
come the mutually beneficial co-jvear.
operation we have achieved in
war."
Mr. Roosevelt remained in bed
on orders of his physician. Rear
Admiral Ross T. Mclntire. as a precautionary measure against a reaction in his attack of grippe.
Admiral Mclntire reported his
patient was making satisfactory
progress. He asked the president
A. T. Peterson, state OPA director, reported that rubber industry
estimates list an anticipated 50 per
cent shortage in truck tires for the
new year. The 1943 allotment of
truck tires was 37,500. an Increase
of 10.000 above 1942.
Sugar consumption during 1943
aggregated 24,029.000 pounds, a
half-million pounds above the 1942
to remain quiet over the weekend.; figure. Peterson reported.
Mr. Roosevelt had no fever this "- --■-■*"— —-•— -■--■■
morning.
Retroactive Paychecks
For Chrome Miners
BILLINGS. Dec. 31—W. A. Boyle,
regional director of district 50.
United Mine Workers, said that
retroactive paychecks are now being mailed to chrome workers formerly employed in the Benbow and
Mouat mines in Stillwater county.
The war labor board ruled that
miners must make individual application for the retroactive pay.
Many miners have left the camps
and efforts are being made to inform them of the available backpay.
In addition, ration book IV was
issued to 484.234 persons, including
some 7.000 held back for returning
servicemen.
New Year's Day
Football Results
Rose Bowl—Southern California
29. Washington 0.
Sugar Bowl — Georgia Tech 21.
Tulsa 18.
Orange Bowl — Louisiana State
19. Texas A. Si M. 14.
Shrine—East 13, West 13.
Sun Bowl — Southwestern Texas
7. New Mexico 0.
Oil Bowl—Southwestern Louisiana 24, Arkansas 7.
Vulcan Bowl-Tuskegee 12, Clark 7
Sgt Fonnesbeck Awarded Medal as
World Champion Fabricator in 1943
BURLINGTON, Wis., Dec. 31—A
captive Maryland mosquito carrying around its neck a diamond-
studded gold medal bearing the inscription "world champion liar,"
was liberated here Friday.
The insect, according to O. C.
Hulett, president of the Burlington
Liars club, will fly directly to an
army camp at Tooele. Utah, and
there deliver the medal to Sergeant
Baron 8. Fonnesbeck.
It was the story of this and other
Maryland mosquitoes which have
so much of Sergeant Fonnesbeck's
blood in their bodies that they send
him a card on father's day that
earned the soldier the title of
"world champion liar of 1943."
Here Is Sergeant Fonnesbeck's
story which the lodges decided was
the best of the 6,000 entered in the
annual contest :
"The mosquitoes of Maryland
were of the P-38 type, and when
they landed they always filled both
fuselages. The first day I was there,
they completely drained me of
blood. The second day I was giving
them I.O.U.'s.
'Months later, when I was stationed in Alabama, the Maryland
mosquitoes sent me a card on father's day because they had so
much of my blood in them.
"We tried in many ways to dispose of these pests, including poison
gas, but it was all to no avail. We
did, however, kill a few by shooting .30 caliber rifle bullets at them.
They were mean, those mosquitoes,
and it made them mad to have to
•ret out of the way of those bullets.
So they'd snap at 'em as they went
by, and before they could let go of
that lead—it would jar off their
heads."
Point Values of Some
Vegetables Reduced
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31—The office of price administration wished
housewives a happy New Year today with a sharp reduction of ration point values on canned snap
beans, peas, tomatoes and frozen
fruits and vegetables.
The good news was tempered
somewhat by an upward adjustment of the values on jams, preserves and noncitrus marmalades.
The boost is two points to eight for
a pound jar.
The changes, effective Sunday for
the month of January, give green
and wax beans a zero point value
for all sized cans, wiping out the
current five-point rating, for example, on a No. 2 can.
For a No. 2 can of peas, the new
value is 15 points, compared with
18 now. Tomatoes in No. 2V_ cans
get a six-point cut, being listed at
15 points.
Explaining the reduction. OPA
said supplies of snap beans are at
a fairly high level and that production outlook is good. A decline
in consumer demand of over 10 per
cent in the last two months makes
possible the lower point values on
peas and tomatoes.
These three items, the agency
said, make up about 25 per cent
of all rationed processed foods.
NYA Ends Eight-Year
Existence January 1
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 — The
once-bustling national youth administration, down now to 46 employes and 300 tons of old records,
dies tonight after eight years as
an integral part of the new deal.
NYA was abolished by congress
last July 1, effective at the end of
this New Year's day.
It will leave to the treasury $700.-
000, the unused portion of $4,500.-
000 congress provided for the job
of liquidation. It has also given to
the treasury its 300 tons of old
records, to be sold as waste paper.
When the "cease" legislation was
enacted NYA had 64.928 persons on
its payroll. Within 10 days it had
dropped 53,373 youths, leaving the
11.550 administrative employes. Todav, NYA has 46 on its pay roll.
Congress cut short the agency's
existence on the ground lt wasn't
needed during the war year.
1M.MM LOST IN BATTLE
WITH THE CHINESE FORCES IN
NORTHERN HUNAN, Dec. 29—The
battle for China's "rice bowl" which
lasted from Nov. 7 until mid-December, cost bellis-erents on both
sides nearly 100,000 men killed and
wounded. Chinese armv officials
estimated today. The Chinese acknowledged 54,000 casualties.
Mrs. Laura Hoyem
Buried Here Saturday
Funeral services were held from
the Lutheran church in this city
Saturday afternoon at 2:30 for Mrs.
Laura Hoyem, 84, who died Thursday morning in Livingston at the
home of her daughter. Mrs. Eli
Hoyseth. where she had lived the
past 10 years. Franzen's mortuary
had charge. The Rev. E. W. Wilson
of the American Lutheran church
of Livingston delivered the sermon.
Mrs. A. Ronald McDonnell sang
"Heaven Is My Home" and a Norwegian number, accompanied by E.
O. Overland. Pallbearers were Hubert. Becken, Thomas Anderson.
George O. Rostad. I. Brendsel and
John Stene and Oie Fallan of Wilsall. Burial was in the family plot
in Mountain View. Deceased was
born at Bynessett. Norway, September 17, 1859. She married Iver
M. Hoyem in Norway May 3. 1878.
He came to Eau Claire. Wis., in
1884. working in a logging camp.
In 1887 he sent for Mrs. Hoyem
and their 4-year-old son. Then he
came to Melville and brought his
family to this county in 1889. In
later vears they lived In Big Timber, the husband passing here in
1942. Surviving are three of their
seven children: Susanne Hoyseth
of Livingston. Mike Hoyem of Melville, and Ingwald Hoyem of Butte;
three axandchildren, Sidney Hoyseth of Livingston; Larry and Boyd
Walker of Eugene, Oreg.; one greatgrandchild. Diane Hoyseth.
MANY MENTAL PATIENTS
HELENA. Dec. 30 —; Montana's
mental hosoital at Warm Springs
November 30 had a population
1.944, an increase of 12 above the
total for November 1. Dr. B. L.
Pamnel, superintendent, reported
tn the state board of examiners.
The population included 1.135
male inmates and 809 female.
Navy Announces
Loss of Destroyer
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1—The navy
Saturday night announced the loss
of the destroyer Perkins off the
southeast coast of New Guinea and
the sinking of a coastal transport
off the southern coast of New Britain.
The Perkins was sunk November
29 "as the result of a collision," the
navy said in a communique. The
coastal transport — the APC-21 —
was sunk by enemy aircraft December 17.
LONDON, Jan. 4—American
heavy bombers in titanic strength
lashed northwest Germany Tuesday, with Kiel as the reported main
target, while American and British
medium bombers maintained a
dawn-to-dusk shuttle service of explosives on the Pas de Calais area
and the French invasion coast.
Together with the fighter escorts
the two great missions employed
probably the greatest number of
warplanes ever in action in one
day—more than 2,750 — dropping
more than 3,000 tons of bombs on
the enemy. A total of 18 heavy
bombers, four of the lighter bombers and three fighters failed to return. All the bombing was in daylight;
Plans Made for Shift
Of Power to Pacific
WASHINGTON. Dec. 30. — Admiral Ernest J. King, commander-
in-chief of the fleet, said today
that plans are readv for shifting
full strength of the United Nations
into the war against Japan, probably sometime in 1944.
Preparation of the plans, he said,
has been under way for several
months and may not wait until defeat of Germany, which he agreed
with Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
may be expected in 1944.
"I am horjeful and expectant,"
King said, "that Germany will be
defeated in 1944. I am expectant
that unremitting pressure on Japan will be continued and increased.
"I don't know whether anyone
else has announced it but it would
be an obvious thing—studies have
been underway for several months
looking to a shift of power from
the European theater to the Pacific theater not only when Germany is defeated but as her defeat seems near at hand."
The navy's commander-in-chief
added in an interview that when
the shift In power is made "the
main lines of attack on Japan are
already determined and additional
means will be used to additionally implement the general strategy
of defeat for Japan."
These and other forays were estimated to have employed a total o
3,000 planes against the continent
There were about 1,500 planes ir.
the assault on northwest Germany
including Flying Fortresses, Liberators and American and British
fighters.
They stretched across more thai*.
100 miles of sky, darkening the
heavens, and one flyer said thei
methodical deposits of bombs or
the target reminded him of a relay
of dump trucks.
London announcements did no*
identify the exact locations, bu:
both Swedish and German reports
named Kiel, big naval base anr"
submarine and shipyard center. D
N. B.. German news agency, saic
the attack was made through
heavy cumulus clouds from altitudes of 20,000 to 27,000 feet anc'
admitted "great numbers of incendiaries and phosphorous bomb?
were dropped and caused great
damage "
LONDON, Jan. 5 —The Russian
First Ukrainian army Friday captured the railway junction of Ber-
dichev, pivotal bulwark of the German line protecting Poland anc
Rumania, after five days' fighting
Premier Marshal Joseph Stalin announced Wednesday night in a special order of the day.
Bcrdichev, 25 miles south of Zhitomir, is the former headquarter?
of German Field Marshal Genera!
Fritz von Mannstein. Its capture
increased the communication llnk5
between the Russian westward
drive into prewar Poland anc
southwestward drive toward the
Rumanian frontier.
ADVANCED ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, New Guinea, Jan. 5—
The first major Japanese attempt
to dislodge American marines from
their foothold at Cape Gloucester,
on the northwest tip of New Britain, was beaten back Monday when
the veteran leathernecks decisively overcame thrusts near Silimatl
point, killing 200 enemy soldiers.
A communique from General
Douglas MacArthur's headquarters
Wednesday also disclosed that
fighter planes from Admiral William F. Halsey's south Pacific command, made another sweep over
the big Japanese base at Rabaul
Sunday, shooting' down 11' enemy
fighters" that tried to intercept
them.
The foray raised the total of
Japanese planes bagged since Saturday to at least 40, probably more.
18-Pound Boy Born;
Fourth Largest
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.. Dec. 31—
Statistics record only four babies
in the world larger at birth than
the 18-pound 10'/2-ounce son born
here yesterday to Mrs. George Es-
slinger.
Figures presented in Dr. Ed A.
Schumunn's textbook on research
of large babies, indicate the Es-
slinger child Is the fifth heaviest
on record. The largest recorded
weighed 25 pounds.
The Essllnger baby appeared normal, said Dr. W. D. Richards, and
the 26-year-old mother, wife of a
war plant worker, is doing nicely.
It is the Esslinger's third son.
Physicians said the birth was a
normal delivery. /
Will Release 750,000
Cases Canned Peaches
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 — More
canned peaches—'750,000 cases of
them—will be released to supplement limited civilian supplies.
The war food administration announced Tuesday that this quantity will reach retail markets within a few weeks, or about the time
that fresh seasonal fruits arc in
lowest supply. On November 2,900.-
000 cases were released.
The WFA also disclosed that civilian suoplies of dry beans and
peas in 1944 will be larger.
LUTHERAN LADIES AID
Lutheran Ladies Aid will be entertained Friday, Jan. 7, at Parish
hall by Mrs. E. H. Ellingson and
Mrs. Homer Wheeler. Deer Creek
and Melville Aids invited.
Social Security Checks
Go to 15,421 Montanans
HELENA, Jan. 3—Social security
checks totaling $376,794.50, to aid
15,421 Montanans during January
were mailed by the state welfare
department. Administrator J. B.
Convery announced.
The checks went to 11,413 recipients of old age assistance; 1,506
guardians entitled to aid for 3,713
dependent children and 295 persons
receiving aid to the blind.
Payments for old age assistance
totaled $318,661. an average or
$13.32, and aid to the blind was
$8,670, average payment $29.39.
The department also mailed
checks for $10,500 to 350 persons
entitled to silicosis benefits.
Traffic Deaths Lead
Weekend Fatalities
The nation's New Year weekend
celebration passed the halfway
mark near midnight last marred by
at least 112 violent deaths.
Of the fatalities reported since
6 p. m. Friday, an Associated Press
survey showed that 79 were the
result of traffic accidents and 33
from other causes, including fire,
gunshot, suffocation and drowning.
The normal toll for the three-day
holiday period would range between 225 and 275 lives lost in traffic accidents, the national safety
council estimated.
Game Fish Production Largest Single
Item of Expense on Commission Lists
LAST OF VETERANS-
MISSOULA, Jan. 1—Gordon Tun-
ner. 96. reportedly the last Civil
war veteran in Montana, died Saturday. Tupper. who served in the
Union navy during the War Between the States, was discharged
at the age of 17. He helped man a
eunboat and blockade runner, Mus-
coota.
HELENA, Jan. 1—Rearing and
planting of game fish and their
protection are the biggest items of
expense on the state fish and game
department budget, a department
survey showed today, with law enforcement and similar work a close
second.
A breakdown of department costs
for the year ending April 30, 1943.
showed the fisheries division cost
20.6 cents out of each expense dol-
Jar, while game division and enforcement cost 18.2 cents. A total
of 16.8 cents went into the department contingency fund, while 13.7
cents went to wildlife restoration
work and was furnished by the federal government.
The state's share in wildlife restoration work was 4.6 cents. For
administration, the department
spent 11.9 cents, while game farms
cost 9.3 cents, commissioners .9
cents and checking stations .7 cents.
Miscellaneous activity cost 3.3 cents.
Largest part of the income dollar was 58.9 cents from resident
nunting and fishing license sales,
with federal aid to wildlife programs next at 13.7 cents. Nonresident licenses brought in 8.3 cents,
confiscation sales 3.5 cents and
beaver tags and permits 3.2 cents.
Sale of state furs yielded 3.1 cents,
licenses and permits .9 cents. Miscellaneous revenue to the department totaled 4.2 cents.
In an average year. Dr. J. W. Severy, commission chairman, said recently, the department would have
an income of approximately $325.-
000 of which $160,000 to $170,000
would be spent on general administration and law enforcement
Game farms would cost $30,000 to
$40,000 to operate, while fisheries
would cost $90,000 to $100,000 and
the state's contribution to wildlife
restoration would total $25,000 to
$27,000 annually.
Average prewar sales of resident
bird and fish licenses totaled approximately 100,000 annuallv, while
45.000 to 50,000 big game licenses
were sold annually. Sales of nonresident licenses also were increasing each year before the war, the
department reported.

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The Big
Pioneer
VOL. 51, NO. 12
BIG TIMBER, SWEET GRASS COUNTY, MONTANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1941
$2.00 PER YEAR 5c COPY
REPORT OF ACCOUNTANT REVEALS
MONTANA FINANCES IN GOOD SHAPE
Helena Independent - Record: i gasoline tax could amply care for
Montana's total bonded indebted-1 the issue bv maturity,
ness of slightly more than $8,000,-, Second largest obligation is the
000 is causing little worry to either, $2,207,000 total of revenue bonds,
taxpayers or state officials because \ incurred in building dormitories
a good part of it would be paid off I and other structures at units of
tomorrow if the bondholders would I the state university system, some
take the money. i on grants from the federal govern-
William Hosking, state account-, {pent. Issued at varying dates and
ant, said today that sinking funds > bearing 3V2 to 4 per cent interest,
'are literally bursting with money" I income from operation of the build-
but that bondholders would rather i m«s will pay the bondholders by
keep their bonds than be forced to maturity date,
buy other securities of lesser de-
sirabiitty. • Huge Postwar Tax
Jan. 1, 1944. the state will have | T ~*_ _,
completed transfer of $2,401,000 in i Load t Oreseen
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1—A postwar tax load of $23,000,000,000 to
OPA Releases Spare Stamp No. 2 For
The Purchase of Fresh Pork Products
refunded debt incurred in 1933 tc
refund state warrants. The origi-'
nal 4 per cent bearing issue was: s2g 00£ nM ££ annuallv was fore-
wfnnriori ioc» mnnth ivhon fh> Har. s^o.uuo.uuu.uw annually was lore-
refunded last month when the Har
ris Trust and Savings company of
Chicago took over the entire remaining bonds at 1.05 per cent, effecting a good saving for the state.
The subject of much discussion,
S32.224.75 still is outstanding of a
5632,224.75 capitol building bond issue floated in 1939 at 3-4 per cent.
The state has the money in sinking fund to pay off these bonds,
but the owners of the non-federal -
taxable issues refuse to give them
up. If they could be retired, the
state capitol would be entirely paid
seen today by Rep. Knutson (R-
Minn.K Current federal income is
over $40,000,000,000 a year.
Knutson estimated fixed charges
of government in the postwar oe-
riod may easily reach $17,000,000,-
000 a year as follows:
Interest on $300,000,000,000 national debt (at 2 per cent>—$6,000,-
000.000. Civil expenditures—$4,000,-
000.000. Army and navy costs
'rough estimate) — $4,000,000,000.
Veterans relief 'World war I and
IT)—$3,000,000,000.
"On top of this." he said in a
for—the first time since it was statement, "it may' be necessary to
started in 1899
Of a $500,000 state hospital build-
ins bond issue floated in 1941 at
2-3 per cent with consent of voting
taxpayers. $250,000 remains to be
paid. Sufficient money will be
available next June to retire the
bonds, but half of the bonds will
not be callable until July. 1 1945.
and there is little chance that the
"holders will sell before that time.
Largest single issue outstanding is
$3,000,000 in highway bonds, issued
in 1939 and due in 1949, with interest rates at 1 3-4 to 1.9 per cent
and callable on Julv 1. 1945. There
now is $839,000 in the sinking fund
for these bonds, and the five-cent
President Asks Peoples'
Co-operation in War
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1.—President Roosevelt asked in a New
Year's day statement today that
the people pledge co-operation to
continue the United Nation's determination to carry on to final
victory in the war.
He asked further their co-operation behind an international organization "of all peace-loving nations to maintain peace ana security in generations to come."
"Our armed forces." he said, "are
gathering for new and greater assaults which will bring about the
appropriate several billions for unemployment and agricultural relief,
rehabilitation loans (domestic and
foreign), and other relief measures.
Thus the immediate postwar cast
of government may be around $25,-
000.000,000, perhaps tapering off to
around $20,000,000,000 as normal
conditions are restored."
Esquire Magazine
Barred From Mails
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30—Esquire
magazine, whose Varga girl drawings and other material offended
the post office department's sense
of modesty, was ordered deprived
of its second-class mailing privileges Thursday night.
Without ruling directly on the
Question whether the magazine is
obscene. Postmaster General Frank
C. Walker ordered the mailing privileges revoked effective February
23.
Tn Chicago, David Smart, publisher of Esquire, said the ruling
"leaves me speechless."
"The nostmaster general has
pone against his owit board's decision." he said, "and that is mi-
believable. We'll take it immediately to federal court."
Smart said the ruling would not
interrupt the mailing of the magazine, as the order is not effective
for 60 days "and in the meantime
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1—The office of price administration announced another pork bonus Saturday, validating spare stamp 2 in
ration book 4 for the purchase of
five points' worth of fresh pork and
all sausage from Sunday, January
2, through Saturday, January 15.
The new special stamp will not
be good for buying smoked or cured
pork, such as smoked ham and
bacon.
Spare stamp 1, which has been
good for five points for the retail
purchase of both fresh and cured
pork since December 21, was to expire at 12:01 a. m. Sunday.
OPA said validation of a new
stamp was necessary in view of
the continued movement of hogs
to market in exceptionally large
numbers.
The agency estimated that more
than 300,000,000 special pork points
were used for the purchase of about
100.000,000 pounds of pork through
use of stamp No. 1.
OPA officials declared that complete removal of pork from rationing, urged by a number of sources,
would quickly make pork scarce in
the coastal areas far from the centers of pork production.
Exclusion of smoked and cured
pork from the supplemental pork
ration is necessary, the agency said,
because of difficulty in getting sufficient supplies of these items for
armed forces and lend-lease.
The new stamp is valid for any
type of sausages, except that canned or in glass, regardless of the
pork content. Spare stamp No. 1
was good only for 100 per cent pork
sausage.
GREATEST OF ALL ALLIED ATTACKS
BLASTS KIEL; BIG PUSH IS BEGUN
LONDON. Jar. 5 — American
heavy bombers—plowing through a
strong defense which included
rocket planes and ME-UOs towing
what appeared to be a new type
antiaircraft bombs—struck the Kiel
shipyards Wednesday for the third
time in three weeks and ranged
across a record 800-mile front to
blast airfields at Bordeaux and
Tours in France and other targets in western Germany.
It was officially announced that
95 enemy aircraft were destroyed
during the day, 62 by Fortress and
Liberator gunners and 33 by fighters, while 25 bombers and 12 of the
supporting fighters failed to return.
Judge B. E. Berg Held First Court Session
|For 1944 Here Yesterday; Much Is Done
Judge B. E. Berg heard the following matters at the regular session of district court yesterday.
Estate of Lena Becken, deceased,
Order determining inheritance tax
of $492.40. less 5 per cent discount
if paid within 18 months from date
of death, signed.
T. M. Grosfield estate: Final account approved and decree of distribution signed. His will bequeathed $100 each to Clara Grosfield and
Lottie Fotland, daughters, the remainder, consisting of real estate
and personal property, to be divided equally between his two sons,
Miles and Miller.
Ivar Hoiland estate: No inheritance tax due. Distribution ordered,
one-third to the widow, one-twelfth
each to eight children. Estate value
a little more than $10,000.
Estate and guardianship of Oscar
Elvin Schuyler, incompetent. Annual report and account examined
and approved.
Estate Wesley P. Franklin, deceased. Hearings on petition for order of sale of real estate and pe
tition for authority to lease, continued to Feb. 2.
Petition for termination of life
estate of Laura Ellis, deceased, continued to Feb. 2.
Estate Mabel B. McConnell. deceased. Final account approved, decree of distribution signed. Inheritance tax $2.05. Deceased's share in
George W. Baker property in Sweet
Grass county to Irma Aufden-
SDring, a daughter, in San Diego,
Calif.
Sarah E. Herman estate. Final
account approved, decree of distribution signed.
H. Utermohle vs. Northern Pacific. Demurrer overruled, 20 days
to answer.
Chris H. Buitenhoff vs. O. A. Sippel. Defendant's demurrer overruled, defendant given 20 days to answer.
Richard A. Rice, through Attorney Chas. W. Campbell, petitioned
the court for authority to sell property belonging to Mary Rice Jenkins, an incompetent. This involves
the old Fell ranch west of town.
downfall of the Axis aggressors."
The president added that the it will be adjudicated in court."
United Nations also are giving at-
tention to the postwar period to r-_llir,i_ /-v-._1-.„a_,„_, \?nn~
combat "disease, malnutrition, un- I TUCK UperatOrS r ace
employment, and many other forms CpPimia Tirp Shnrtncrp
of economic and social distress. ^EL1™* 7 , ° . «5 ? .,
"To make all of us secure against HELENA, Jan. 1.—Although the
future aggression and to open the general rationing situation in Mon-
wav for enhanced well-being of na-1 tana was reported bright during
tiohs and individuals everywhere,! 1943, truck operators face a serious
we must maintain In the peace to tire shortage during the coming
come the mutually beneficial co-jvear.
operation we have achieved in
war."
Mr. Roosevelt remained in bed
on orders of his physician. Rear
Admiral Ross T. Mclntire. as a precautionary measure against a reaction in his attack of grippe.
Admiral Mclntire reported his
patient was making satisfactory
progress. He asked the president
A. T. Peterson, state OPA director, reported that rubber industry
estimates list an anticipated 50 per
cent shortage in truck tires for the
new year. The 1943 allotment of
truck tires was 37,500. an Increase
of 10.000 above 1942.
Sugar consumption during 1943
aggregated 24,029.000 pounds, a
half-million pounds above the 1942
to remain quiet over the weekend.; figure. Peterson reported.
Mr. Roosevelt had no fever this "- --■-■*"— —-•— -■--■■
morning.
Retroactive Paychecks
For Chrome Miners
BILLINGS. Dec. 31—W. A. Boyle,
regional director of district 50.
United Mine Workers, said that
retroactive paychecks are now being mailed to chrome workers formerly employed in the Benbow and
Mouat mines in Stillwater county.
The war labor board ruled that
miners must make individual application for the retroactive pay.
Many miners have left the camps
and efforts are being made to inform them of the available backpay.
In addition, ration book IV was
issued to 484.234 persons, including
some 7.000 held back for returning
servicemen.
New Year's Day
Football Results
Rose Bowl—Southern California
29. Washington 0.
Sugar Bowl — Georgia Tech 21.
Tulsa 18.
Orange Bowl — Louisiana State
19. Texas A. Si M. 14.
Shrine—East 13, West 13.
Sun Bowl — Southwestern Texas
7. New Mexico 0.
Oil Bowl—Southwestern Louisiana 24, Arkansas 7.
Vulcan Bowl-Tuskegee 12, Clark 7
Sgt Fonnesbeck Awarded Medal as
World Champion Fabricator in 1943
BURLINGTON, Wis., Dec. 31—A
captive Maryland mosquito carrying around its neck a diamond-
studded gold medal bearing the inscription "world champion liar"
was liberated here Friday.
The insect, according to O. C.
Hulett, president of the Burlington
Liars club, will fly directly to an
army camp at Tooele. Utah, and
there deliver the medal to Sergeant
Baron 8. Fonnesbeck.
It was the story of this and other
Maryland mosquitoes which have
so much of Sergeant Fonnesbeck's
blood in their bodies that they send
him a card on father's day that
earned the soldier the title of
"world champion liar of 1943."
Here Is Sergeant Fonnesbeck's
story which the lodges decided was
the best of the 6,000 entered in the
annual contest :
"The mosquitoes of Maryland
were of the P-38 type, and when
they landed they always filled both
fuselages. The first day I was there,
they completely drained me of
blood. The second day I was giving
them I.O.U.'s.
'Months later, when I was stationed in Alabama, the Maryland
mosquitoes sent me a card on father's day because they had so
much of my blood in them.
"We tried in many ways to dispose of these pests, including poison
gas, but it was all to no avail. We
did, however, kill a few by shooting .30 caliber rifle bullets at them.
They were mean, those mosquitoes,
and it made them mad to have to
•ret out of the way of those bullets.
So they'd snap at 'em as they went
by, and before they could let go of
that lead—it would jar off their
heads."
Point Values of Some
Vegetables Reduced
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31—The office of price administration wished
housewives a happy New Year today with a sharp reduction of ration point values on canned snap
beans, peas, tomatoes and frozen
fruits and vegetables.
The good news was tempered
somewhat by an upward adjustment of the values on jams, preserves and noncitrus marmalades.
The boost is two points to eight for
a pound jar.
The changes, effective Sunday for
the month of January, give green
and wax beans a zero point value
for all sized cans, wiping out the
current five-point rating, for example, on a No. 2 can.
For a No. 2 can of peas, the new
value is 15 points, compared with
18 now. Tomatoes in No. 2V_ cans
get a six-point cut, being listed at
15 points.
Explaining the reduction. OPA
said supplies of snap beans are at
a fairly high level and that production outlook is good. A decline
in consumer demand of over 10 per
cent in the last two months makes
possible the lower point values on
peas and tomatoes.
These three items, the agency
said, make up about 25 per cent
of all rationed processed foods.
NYA Ends Eight-Year
Existence January 1
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 — The
once-bustling national youth administration, down now to 46 employes and 300 tons of old records,
dies tonight after eight years as
an integral part of the new deal.
NYA was abolished by congress
last July 1, effective at the end of
this New Year's day.
It will leave to the treasury $700.-
000, the unused portion of $4,500.-
000 congress provided for the job
of liquidation. It has also given to
the treasury its 300 tons of old
records, to be sold as waste paper.
When the "cease" legislation was
enacted NYA had 64.928 persons on
its payroll. Within 10 days it had
dropped 53,373 youths, leaving the
11.550 administrative employes. Todav, NYA has 46 on its pay roll.
Congress cut short the agency's
existence on the ground lt wasn't
needed during the war year.
1M.MM LOST IN BATTLE
WITH THE CHINESE FORCES IN
NORTHERN HUNAN, Dec. 29—The
battle for China's "rice bowl" which
lasted from Nov. 7 until mid-December, cost bellis-erents on both
sides nearly 100,000 men killed and
wounded. Chinese armv officials
estimated today. The Chinese acknowledged 54,000 casualties.
Mrs. Laura Hoyem
Buried Here Saturday
Funeral services were held from
the Lutheran church in this city
Saturday afternoon at 2:30 for Mrs.
Laura Hoyem, 84, who died Thursday morning in Livingston at the
home of her daughter. Mrs. Eli
Hoyseth. where she had lived the
past 10 years. Franzen's mortuary
had charge. The Rev. E. W. Wilson
of the American Lutheran church
of Livingston delivered the sermon.
Mrs. A. Ronald McDonnell sang
"Heaven Is My Home" and a Norwegian number, accompanied by E.
O. Overland. Pallbearers were Hubert. Becken, Thomas Anderson.
George O. Rostad. I. Brendsel and
John Stene and Oie Fallan of Wilsall. Burial was in the family plot
in Mountain View. Deceased was
born at Bynessett. Norway, September 17, 1859. She married Iver
M. Hoyem in Norway May 3. 1878.
He came to Eau Claire. Wis., in
1884. working in a logging camp.
In 1887 he sent for Mrs. Hoyem
and their 4-year-old son. Then he
came to Melville and brought his
family to this county in 1889. In
later vears they lived In Big Timber, the husband passing here in
1942. Surviving are three of their
seven children: Susanne Hoyseth
of Livingston. Mike Hoyem of Melville, and Ingwald Hoyem of Butte;
three axandchildren, Sidney Hoyseth of Livingston; Larry and Boyd
Walker of Eugene, Oreg.; one greatgrandchild. Diane Hoyseth.
MANY MENTAL PATIENTS
HELENA. Dec. 30 —; Montana's
mental hosoital at Warm Springs
November 30 had a population
1.944, an increase of 12 above the
total for November 1. Dr. B. L.
Pamnel, superintendent, reported
tn the state board of examiners.
The population included 1.135
male inmates and 809 female.
Navy Announces
Loss of Destroyer
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1—The navy
Saturday night announced the loss
of the destroyer Perkins off the
southeast coast of New Guinea and
the sinking of a coastal transport
off the southern coast of New Britain.
The Perkins was sunk November
29 "as the result of a collision" the
navy said in a communique. The
coastal transport — the APC-21 —
was sunk by enemy aircraft December 17.
LONDON, Jan. 4—American
heavy bombers in titanic strength
lashed northwest Germany Tuesday, with Kiel as the reported main
target, while American and British
medium bombers maintained a
dawn-to-dusk shuttle service of explosives on the Pas de Calais area
and the French invasion coast.
Together with the fighter escorts
the two great missions employed
probably the greatest number of
warplanes ever in action in one
day—more than 2,750 — dropping
more than 3,000 tons of bombs on
the enemy. A total of 18 heavy
bombers, four of the lighter bombers and three fighters failed to return. All the bombing was in daylight;
Plans Made for Shift
Of Power to Pacific
WASHINGTON. Dec. 30. — Admiral Ernest J. King, commander-
in-chief of the fleet, said today
that plans are readv for shifting
full strength of the United Nations
into the war against Japan, probably sometime in 1944.
Preparation of the plans, he said,
has been under way for several
months and may not wait until defeat of Germany, which he agreed
with Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
may be expected in 1944.
"I am horjeful and expectant"
King said, "that Germany will be
defeated in 1944. I am expectant
that unremitting pressure on Japan will be continued and increased.
"I don't know whether anyone
else has announced it but it would
be an obvious thing—studies have
been underway for several months
looking to a shift of power from
the European theater to the Pacific theater not only when Germany is defeated but as her defeat seems near at hand."
The navy's commander-in-chief
added in an interview that when
the shift In power is made "the
main lines of attack on Japan are
already determined and additional
means will be used to additionally implement the general strategy
of defeat for Japan."
These and other forays were estimated to have employed a total o
3,000 planes against the continent
There were about 1,500 planes ir.
the assault on northwest Germany
including Flying Fortresses, Liberators and American and British
fighters.
They stretched across more thai*.
100 miles of sky, darkening the
heavens, and one flyer said thei
methodical deposits of bombs or
the target reminded him of a relay
of dump trucks.
London announcements did no*
identify the exact locations, bu:
both Swedish and German reports
named Kiel, big naval base anr"
submarine and shipyard center. D
N. B.. German news agency, saic
the attack was made through
heavy cumulus clouds from altitudes of 20,000 to 27,000 feet anc'
admitted "great numbers of incendiaries and phosphorous bomb?
were dropped and caused great
damage "
LONDON, Jan. 5 —The Russian
First Ukrainian army Friday captured the railway junction of Ber-
dichev, pivotal bulwark of the German line protecting Poland anc
Rumania, after five days' fighting
Premier Marshal Joseph Stalin announced Wednesday night in a special order of the day.
Bcrdichev, 25 miles south of Zhitomir, is the former headquarter?
of German Field Marshal Genera!
Fritz von Mannstein. Its capture
increased the communication llnk5
between the Russian westward
drive into prewar Poland anc
southwestward drive toward the
Rumanian frontier.
ADVANCED ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, New Guinea, Jan. 5—
The first major Japanese attempt
to dislodge American marines from
their foothold at Cape Gloucester,
on the northwest tip of New Britain, was beaten back Monday when
the veteran leathernecks decisively overcame thrusts near Silimatl
point, killing 200 enemy soldiers.
A communique from General
Douglas MacArthur's headquarters
Wednesday also disclosed that
fighter planes from Admiral William F. Halsey's south Pacific command, made another sweep over
the big Japanese base at Rabaul
Sunday, shooting' down 11' enemy
fighters" that tried to intercept
them.
The foray raised the total of
Japanese planes bagged since Saturday to at least 40, probably more.
18-Pound Boy Born;
Fourth Largest
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.. Dec. 31—
Statistics record only four babies
in the world larger at birth than
the 18-pound 10'/2-ounce son born
here yesterday to Mrs. George Es-
slinger.
Figures presented in Dr. Ed A.
Schumunn's textbook on research
of large babies, indicate the Es-
slinger child Is the fifth heaviest
on record. The largest recorded
weighed 25 pounds.
The Essllnger baby appeared normal, said Dr. W. D. Richards, and
the 26-year-old mother, wife of a
war plant worker, is doing nicely.
It is the Esslinger's third son.
Physicians said the birth was a
normal delivery. /
Will Release 750,000
Cases Canned Peaches
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 — More
canned peaches—'750,000 cases of
them—will be released to supplement limited civilian supplies.
The war food administration announced Tuesday that this quantity will reach retail markets within a few weeks, or about the time
that fresh seasonal fruits arc in
lowest supply. On November 2,900.-
000 cases were released.
The WFA also disclosed that civilian suoplies of dry beans and
peas in 1944 will be larger.
LUTHERAN LADIES AID
Lutheran Ladies Aid will be entertained Friday, Jan. 7, at Parish
hall by Mrs. E. H. Ellingson and
Mrs. Homer Wheeler. Deer Creek
and Melville Aids invited.
Social Security Checks
Go to 15,421 Montanans
HELENA, Jan. 3—Social security
checks totaling $376,794.50, to aid
15,421 Montanans during January
were mailed by the state welfare
department. Administrator J. B.
Convery announced.
The checks went to 11,413 recipients of old age assistance; 1,506
guardians entitled to aid for 3,713
dependent children and 295 persons
receiving aid to the blind.
Payments for old age assistance
totaled $318,661. an average or
$13.32, and aid to the blind was
$8,670, average payment $29.39.
The department also mailed
checks for $10,500 to 350 persons
entitled to silicosis benefits.
Traffic Deaths Lead
Weekend Fatalities
The nation's New Year weekend
celebration passed the halfway
mark near midnight last marred by
at least 112 violent deaths.
Of the fatalities reported since
6 p. m. Friday, an Associated Press
survey showed that 79 were the
result of traffic accidents and 33
from other causes, including fire,
gunshot, suffocation and drowning.
The normal toll for the three-day
holiday period would range between 225 and 275 lives lost in traffic accidents, the national safety
council estimated.
Game Fish Production Largest Single
Item of Expense on Commission Lists
LAST OF VETERANS-
MISSOULA, Jan. 1—Gordon Tun-
ner. 96. reportedly the last Civil
war veteran in Montana, died Saturday. Tupper. who served in the
Union navy during the War Between the States, was discharged
at the age of 17. He helped man a
eunboat and blockade runner, Mus-
coota.
HELENA, Jan. 1—Rearing and
planting of game fish and their
protection are the biggest items of
expense on the state fish and game
department budget, a department
survey showed today, with law enforcement and similar work a close
second.
A breakdown of department costs
for the year ending April 30, 1943.
showed the fisheries division cost
20.6 cents out of each expense dol-
Jar, while game division and enforcement cost 18.2 cents. A total
of 16.8 cents went into the department contingency fund, while 13.7
cents went to wildlife restoration
work and was furnished by the federal government.
The state's share in wildlife restoration work was 4.6 cents. For
administration, the department
spent 11.9 cents, while game farms
cost 9.3 cents, commissioners .9
cents and checking stations .7 cents.
Miscellaneous activity cost 3.3 cents.
Largest part of the income dollar was 58.9 cents from resident
nunting and fishing license sales,
with federal aid to wildlife programs next at 13.7 cents. Nonresident licenses brought in 8.3 cents,
confiscation sales 3.5 cents and
beaver tags and permits 3.2 cents.
Sale of state furs yielded 3.1 cents,
licenses and permits .9 cents. Miscellaneous revenue to the department totaled 4.2 cents.
In an average year. Dr. J. W. Severy, commission chairman, said recently, the department would have
an income of approximately $325.-
000 of which $160,000 to $170,000
would be spent on general administration and law enforcement
Game farms would cost $30,000 to
$40,000 to operate, while fisheries
would cost $90,000 to $100,000 and
the state's contribution to wildlife
restoration would total $25,000 to
$27,000 annually.
Average prewar sales of resident
bird and fish licenses totaled approximately 100,000 annuallv, while
45.000 to 50,000 big game licenses
were sold annually. Sales of nonresident licenses also were increasing each year before the war, the
department reported.